Celebrating Milestones!
Celebrate Milestones!
We are all in recovery. 7 cups is all about empowering us to overcome. Some groups have celebrations for a month of sobriety. I think we should have the same for any kind of victory we've achieved. No accomplishment is too small to share. If you you are socially anxious and you made it through a shopping trip at the mall, then post it here! If you broke up with someone and are now feeling like your normal self again, then post it here. If you struggle with an addiction, and you've been clean a day, a week, a month, or a year, then post it here.
We need to celebrate our victories! Remember, it is okay to relapse - that is part of the journey - the key is to just take a step in the right direction.
We are all in this together! Let's celebrate with one another to highlight milestones passed :)
So I think I have now come to terms with the fact I am a lesbian. I literally think about this every day. It can't be ignored anymore.
I suppose the next step will be coming out to someone... I guess I'll be waiting another year for that.
Hey, I'm kind of having trouble with my sexuality. How did you come to that conclusion?
To be honest, it just kind of comes to you one day. I thought about it literally every day for definitely over a year. I pushed the thoughts back and tried to convince myself it was a phase because I had always been that kid who was different, who would never fit in, and I had had enough.
All my friends would show me pictures of actors and say "do you think he's cute?" I played along and said yes, but I never did, and if I did it was because I thought 'this person is relatively attractive, but I couldn't see myself in a relationship with them because they are male, however I can see how others would want to be.'
One day I was just kind of sitting in my room, not really doing anything and the thoughts came back. And then I had enough, so I said in my head 'I like girls.' And then I whispered it out loud. And then I said I was a lesbian in my head, and then out loud under my breath.
Even now, I have trouble with my sexuality and I do think I'm a lesbian, but I'm only 14.
My point is you probably won't come to terms with it for a while. You need to kind of think about it. Even if you don't come to the conclusion and you don't identify as gay, bi etc you don't have to! You don't have to have a label.
I have struggled off and on with an eating disorder for 24 years. In aug i went into residential and had a disaster of an experience. I came home and did well for a few minths and started struggling again in Oct. I didnt step down to an intensive outpatient program. So in march i started intensive outpatient in my area. And tomorrow i will successfully complete the program after 7 weeks. I am closer to recovery than ever before!
@Angelwings2 Wow, I'm very proud of you! 24 years? That's such a long time Look how far you have come!! -hugs-
~~im able to graduate on june 18th and say good bye to school.
Last summer depression ruled my life. I didn't have an appetite or enjoy my life. This summer I am so free. I make my choices, not depression. I never thought recovery could feel so good:) I am looking towards to my amzing future while still enjoying the present and all it has to offer me. Recovery si possible for everyone, and trust me: Its worth the battle.
Today, it's been 1 year I subscribed to 7Cups both as a member and a listener. <3
Reached level 30! Still having a lot of trouble with mindfulness but I have hope that I will get it one day
@Carambola, mindfulness needs time to be learned, or rather get used to, but every time you try it, you benefit from it 
Good luck and lots of inner peace 
@Carambola Congrats and good job! I'm sure you can do it. =)
I have suffered with social anixety/generalised anxiety/panic attacks and depression for many years and I have overcome so many challenges I am proud of myself because I have done things that I felt out of my comfort zone but after felt so relived. A challenge I face everyday is to go to work I feel so anxious and scared each day going to work even though i have been there for 5 years. I am now also following my dreams of becoming a therapist i love helping people...<3
